I am a Canadian student applying to several US schools, but I would like to post some information for those who they are "doomed to attend a community college" according to some posters.

If you have a 1200 score, and are still trying to get a good, sub-ivy league education, I would like to point out there there are some good Canadian schools you may be able to get into to.

Canada has several very good universities in Ontario, for example the University of Toronto is constantly ranked high and has very diverse and successfull programs. It's engineering department is very strong, and one example of its dedication to the future is that it has the first (and perhaps still the only) nanoengineering undergraduate program in North America.

Anyway, I am just trying to point out some alternatives for those losing hope of a 'decent' education.

Um... Penn State sucks. It blows. Jocks rule, classes are huge, and you never talk with your profs. But there are tons of great liberal arts schools where 1200s are acceptable and the education is great.

There are plenty of good scho0ls accepting kids 1100 to 1200 , some very good schools after all 1000 put you about fifty percent above you and fifty percent below you and as they go up the percentages go up..do not think that everyon in the world has sat of 1200 or above the percentages just do not support it.

you can get admitted to a very decent school in this country with a 1200. rememebr 1000 is the median score on the SAT so with a 630 in say math that , the 83 percenile for the country only 17 percent of the students score higher..it si just the peole posing all the are thosepeople and they ahve nothing better to do as other people have real lives out in the world.

if u have good extracurriculars, apply to ucberkeley. some consider it the best college in the U.S. (don't yell at me, that is some people's opinion); many people with scores lower than urs get admitted (altho many with very high scores get in too).